Baking-tin



R. H. WELLS. BAKING TIN.

N0. 457,542. Patented Aug. 11, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUTH H. ELLS, OF UTICA, NEIV YORK.-

BAKING-TIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 457,542, dated August11, 1891.

Application filed January 19, 1891. Serial No. 878,251. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RUTH H. TELLS, of Utica, in the county of Oneida, inthe State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements inBaking-Tins, of which the following, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to baking-tins, and to that kind in which thevertical sides and ends are hinged to the bottom and are provided withmeans to lock the corners when the sides and ends are raised, and alsoprovided with removable clamps to hold them in position, to raise thetin above the bottom of the oven, and to support a paper above the topof the tin when it is desired to prevent the top of the cake or breadfrom burning.

My object is to produce a baking-tin embodying all of these features;and my invention consists in the several novel features of constructionand operation hereinafter described, and which are specifically setforth in the claim hereto annexed.

It is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure l is a top plan of the tin with the sides andends opened out. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the tin ready for use.Fig. 3 is a top plan thereof. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the same.

My baking-tin consists of a bottom 1, sides 2 2, which are hinged to theopposite edges of the bottom, and ends 3 3, which are hinged to the endsof the bottom and are provided with flanges 4:, projecting inwardly fromthe vertical sides of the ends, and which are adapted to overlap theends of the sides, making close joints at the corners. The top of eachend is cut away at the corners, creating a notch 5 and leaving a centralportion 6, which stands above the top of the sides, as shown in Fig. 2.hen the sides and ends are raised and their ends fitted together at thecorners, I put on the clamps 7, each consisting of a piece of wire bentto fit over the top and ends and having its ends fitting under thebottom, as shown at S in Fig. 2, and lying in the notches 5, the innershoulders of which hold the clamps from slipping out of place. I showthe clamp as fiat on top; but in some instances I prefer to arch itupward at this portion. It will be observed that the sides and endsincline inwardly from a perpendicular; that the ends of the clampssupport the tin above the bottom of the oven, and that In Fig. 2

the clamps, especially when made arching centrally, will snpporta paperabove the cake or bread in the tin.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A baking-tin consisting of the bottom having sides and ends hingedthereto, flanges on the ends of the under pieces fitting over the endsof the side pieces, notches being provided in the upper corners of theend pieces, and a spring-clamp fitting over the top and ends and passingdown under the bottom and lying in the aforesaid notches, as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of July,1890..

RUTH H. ELLS.

In presence of C. W. SMITH, HOWARD P. DENISON.

